Paul Guilfoyle
Born: 1902-07-14 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1961-06-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character. He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
1960
- The Boy and the Pirates as Snipe
- Tess of the Storm Country ... (Director)
1959
- Lock-Up ... (Director)
1957
- Sugarfoot ... (Director)
- Official Detective ... (Director)
1956
- U.S. Marshall ... (Director)
1955
- Gunsmoke as Reverend
- Highway Patrol ... (Director)
- MGM Parade
- Science Fiction Theatre ... (Director)
- Jungle Jim
- Chief Crazy Horse as Worm
- A Life at Stake ... (Director)
- Trial as Cap Grant
1954
- Climax!
- Public Defender ... (Director)
- Apache as Santos
- The Golden Idol as Prince Ali Ben Mamoud
1953
- Julius Caesar as Citizen of Rome
- Captain Scarface ... (Director)
- Torch Song as Monty Rolfe
- The Body Beautiful as Investigator
- The Diamond Queen as Guide
1952
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- China Smith
- Actors and Sin as Mr. Blue
- Confidence Girl as William Pope
1951
- Racket Squad
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Eastbrook
- Journey Into Light as Fanatic
- When I Grow Up as Doc
1950
- Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Ben
- The Woman on Pier 13 as Ralston
- Bomba and the Hidden City as Hassan
1949
- White Heat as Roy Parker (uncredited)
- Mighty Joe Young as Smith
- A Woman's Secret as Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)
- Follow Me Quietly as Overbeck
- The Judge as William Jackson
- Miss Mink of 1949 as Uncle Newton
- There's a Girl in My Heart as Father Callaghan
1948
- Trouble Preferred as Baby Face Charlie
1947
- Roses Are Red as George 'Buster' Cooley
- The Millerson Case as Jud Rookstool
- Messenger of Peace as Peter Kerl
- Second Chance as Nick
1946
- The Virginian as Shorty
- The Scarlet Horseman as Jim Bannion
- Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Frankie
1945
- The Missing Corpse as Andy McDonald
- Why Girls Leave Home as Steve Raymond
1944
- It Happened Tomorrow as Shep
- The Seventh Cross as Fiedler
- The Mark of the Whistler as 'Limpy' Smith
- The Master Race as Katry
- Dark Shadows as Dudley Badger
1943
- The North Star as Iakin
- Petticoat Larceny as Joe 'Tinhorn' Foster
- White Savage as Erik
- Three Russian Girls as Trishin
1942
- Time to Kill as Manager, Florence Apartments
- The Incredible Stranger as The Stranger (uncredited)
- The Man Who Returned to Life as Clyde Beebe
- Who Is Hope Schuyler? as Carl Spence
- Madero of Mexico as Don Francisco Madero
1941
- The Saint In Palm Springs as Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Floyd
- Remember the Night as District Attorney
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Brother Orchid as Red Martin
- Wildcat Bus as Donovan
- One Crowded Night as Jim Andrews
- The Saint Takes Over as Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
- Millionaires in Prison as Ox
- East of the River as Balmy
1939
- Unexpected Father as Ed Stone - Sandy's Uncle
- The Story of Alfred Nobel as Alfred Nobel (uncredited)
- Sabotage as Steve Barsht
- Heritage of the Desert as Snap Thornton
- Society Lawyer as Murtock
- Pacific Liner as Wishart
- News Is Made at Night as Bat Randall
- Money to Loan as Hanley's Assistant
- Our Leading Citizen as Jerry Peters
- One Hour to Live as Stanley Jones
- Thou Shalt Not Kill as Gordon Mavis
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as (uncredited)
- Carefree as Elevator Starter (uncredited)
- The Mad Miss Manton as Bat Regan
- The Saint in New York as Hymie Fanro
- Maid's Night Out as P.X. Quinn - Bailbondsman (uncredited)
- Law of the Underworld as Henchman Batsy
- Blind Alibi as Taggart
- The Law West of Tombstone as Bud McQuinn
- Tarnished Angel as Eddie Fox
- I'm from the City as Willie
- Fugitives for a Night as Monks
- This Marriage Business as Frankie Spencer
- Sky Giant as 'Fergie' Ferguson
- Crashing Hollywood as Herman Tibbets
- Double Danger as Taylor
- Stage Fright
1937
- The Soldier and the Lady as Vasiley
- Sea Devils as Charlie - Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Super-Sleuth as Gibbons, a film director
- The Woman I Love as Bertier
- Quick Money as Ambrose Ames
- Behind The Headlines as Art Martin
- Fight for Your Lady as Jim Trask
- She's Got Everything as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Hideaway as Norris
- Flight from Glory as Jones
- You Can't Buy Luck as Frank Bent
- Danger Patrol as Tim
1936
- Winterset as Garth Esdras
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Phil Crowley
- Two-Fisted Gentleman as Gallagher
- Roaming Lady as Dr. Wong
- You May Be Next! as Navy Messenger (uncredited)
1935
- Special Agent as Williams - Quinn's Secretary
- The Crime of Doctor Crespi as Dr. John Arnold
1932
- The Skull Murder Mystery as Paul Beck